Cassandra Speier, senior vice president of operations for NovaMed in Chicago, has been working with ASCs for much of her career. At NovaMed, she oversees operations and management of NovaMed's multi-specialty surgery centers, a responsibility that gives her great insight…
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Here are 10 of the largest, recent fraud and abuse, Stark Act and anti-kickback violation settlements in 2010, listed in order of highest settlement amount. Click on the name of the organization or individual to learn more about their case…
Peter Anthony Ferrulli, a speech pathologist who owned and operated Spectrum Therapeutic Services in Wysox, Pa., has been charged with submitting more than $366,000 in false claims, according to a news release by Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett.
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John Costino, DO, a North Wildwood, N.J.-based sports medicine and family practice physician, and his wife Barbara Costino were indicted on three counts of healthcare fraud, according to a Press of Atlantic City report.
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Consumer Driven Health Plans in the U.S. experienced continued growth this year — albeit at a slower rate than in 2009 — according to preliminary results released by United Benefit Advisors from its "2010 UBA Health Plan Survey", the nation's…
President Obama has asked Congress to consider reallocating $400 million in the fiscal year 2011 budget to the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a report by AHA News Now.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a reminder that all entities covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act should be ready to test with their trading partners the functionality of the entities' practice management and/or…
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has announced the resignation of CEO Kathy Warye.
Thanks to a very generous federal subsidy of COBRA insurance payments for the unemployed, which ended on May 31, COBRA enrollment of employees laid off by large companies more than doubled, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.